You also need to be in a designated mining zone.
* For the Federation, the preset locations are Canberra's Mine and Southern Cross's Mine; for the Principality of Zeon, Adelaide's Mine and Brisbane's Mine. [Do other valid zones exist?]* The PVP sites of Richmond and Newman have sizable areas that can be mined, as well as resources unique to them.* If outside a valid mining zonearea, the <code>/mine</code> command will return "INFO: Mining cannot be done here" in the Journal.* Mining base camps have a bank, a hanger, a machine shop, and a weapons shop(PVP sites have even more). It is therefore possible to purchase and outfit a mining rig on-site with default equipment.
Once you are driving your mining rig and in a mining zone, use the <code>/mine</code> command.
==Products==
Raw ores from mining are mostly used to create metals at a RawMaterial factory for use in crafting. All raw ores are 100kg and will stack up to 2000.
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All gems and the fossil fossils are non-stacking items of 10kg each, which seem to require Mining skill 60+ [needs confirmation]. They currently have no use beyond selling to a materials shop. [Drops are skill floor or location? Need to test/confirm.]
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! Name !! Sell for
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| ammonite fossil || 80000
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| apeman fossil || 100000
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| gemstone amethyst || 20000
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| gemstone diamond || 60000
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| gemstone emerald || 40000
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| lizard fossil || 65000
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| skull fossil || 70000
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| trilobite fossil || 90000
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Upgrade parts (mined versions) are used to achieve the maximum upgrade level, Ultimate, when improving vehicles. All are 20kg each and [presumably] stack to 2000, and are only found by mining in specific locations in PVP zones. They are also used to craft the magnetic coating required to craft a variant of the RX-78-2 Gundam.
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! Name !! Sell for
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| Ginius parts || 4000
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| Mosk parts || 5500
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| Tem parts || 5500
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